Armed priests

History

Legacy

Notable groups

• Chivalric military orders, Christian religious societies of knights of the Catholic Church in feudal Europe such as the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Teutonic Knights and many others.
• Sōhei, Buddhist monks in feudal Japan
• Shaolin Monk, Chen, Zen Buddhist monks in feudal China
• Righteous armies, Korean guerilla fighters, including monks, who resisted the Japanese invasions of Korea.
• Sant Sipahi is a Sikh ideology, inspired by the lives of Sikh gurus, of a saint soldier who would adhere one's life in strict discipline both in mind and body.
• Naga Sadhus, a militaristic sect of arms-bearing Hindu sannyasi.

  Notable people

• Luka Lazarević, Serbian Orthodox priest, vojvoda of the Serbian Revolution.
• Matija Nenadović, Serbian Orthodox archpriest, commander in the Serbian Revolution.
• Athanasios Diakos, Greek Orthodox priest, commander in the Greek War of Independence.
• Mićo Ljubibratić, Serbian Orthodox priest, fought in the Herzegovina Uprising.
• Bogdan Zimonjić, Serbian Orthodox priest, active during the 1852–62 and 1875–78 uprisings in Herzegovina
• Vukajlo Božović, Serbian Orthodox archpriest, fought in the Balkan Wars.
• Jovan Grković-Gapon, Serbian Orthodox priest, guerrilla in Macedonia.
• Tasa Konević, Serbian Orthodox priest, guerrilla in Macedonia.
• Mihailo Dožić, Serbian Orthodox priest, guerrilla in Potarje.
• Stevan Dimitrijević, Serbian Orthodox priest, guerrilla in Macedonia.
• Momčilo Đujić, Serbian Orthodox priest, World War II Chetnik.
• Vlada Zečević, Serbian Orthodox priest, Yugoslav Partisan.

• Archbishop Turpin, legendary member of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers.
• Rudolf of Zähringen, Catholic bishop, Crusader.
• Joscius, Catholic archbishop, Crusader.
• Reginald of Bar, Catholic bishop, Crusader.
• Aubrey of Reims, Catholic archbishop, Crusader.
• Arnaud Amalric, Cistercian abbott, Crusader.
• Bernardino de Escalante, Catholic priest
• José Félix Aldao, Dominican friar, General in the Argentine War.
• Cresconius,, Bishop of Iria, Spanish bishop who fought Vikings raiders
• José María Morelos, Roman Catholic priest, Mexican independentist commander.
• Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian socialist guerrilla and Catholic priest
• Gaspar García Laviana, Catholic priest inspired by Liberation theology to join the Sandanista revolution as a guerrilla soldier
• Odo of Bayeux, Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror
• Stanisław Brzóska, Polish Catholic priest, head chaplain and one of the generals in January Uprising
• John Murphy , Irish Catholic priest and one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Captured, tortured and executed by British Crown forces.

• Leonidas Polk, Confederate General, United States Military Academy graduate, Episcopal bishop of Louisiana

• The tlatoani, ruler of Nahuatl pre-Hispanic states, were high priests and military commanders.
• Dutty Boukman, voodoo priest and Haitian Revolution leader.